The bigger the 'risk', the bigger the reward in some of the other areas.  

They've all been handsomely rewarded since that first JV and after the first one went through I was the one turning down potential investors and putting caps and limits and generally having a better bargaining position--but I made sure not to forget the ones who took a risk on me initially.

In your opinion should I be rewarded for additional labor or docked for hiring things out?

This means understanding what investment really means, what investment options are open to you, how to manage money and taxation whilst balancing a risk reward ratio.

Yikes.Detroit is a High Risk High Reward type of person.

I believe the courts will not treat this case as a normal case, due to the tenants not moving in and will thus reward the landlord one months rent.If they had actually moved in. 

I was looking at new builds in Atlanta ( south ) production stuff but I passed.. to many partners so reward was not worth the PG.I am mid range  350 to 600k is our product

Since you don't give any information to evaluate the deals, your question is about risk vs reward.

You are not rewarded for doing your own work, you are rewarded for learning (copy or modeling) the techniques of others, and for sharing in the work of others (networking).  

Always be prepared to walk away, just take your rightful reward.